Bethlehem Mayor Robert Donchez announced Friday that he will run for a second four-year term.

In making his case for re-election, Donchez said in his three-page announcement that he has built a record of working with City Council to keep the city’s streets safe and neighborhoods strong while attacking fiscal challenges.

In the next four years, Donchez said, he would work to complete the transition of the city’s 911 system to Northampton County, get more rundown buildings repaired, develop a master plan for the city parks, pave more streets, encourage more downtown business and whittle down projected city deficits.

“I believe that Bethlehem has made great progress under my administration,” said Donchez, a 66-year-old Democrat. “But, there is so much more to do to continue to keep moving our city forward.” Full Story Here.

Bethlehem City Council President Robert Donchez claimed the city’s top office Wednesday after his opponent in the mayoral primary, J. William Reynolds, called to concede after a nail-biting night of watching returns.

Five-term Bethlehem City Councilman Robert Donchez clinched the Democratic nomination for mayor last week, all but assuring he will be the city’s 12th mayor barring write-in votes or a third-party candidate in the general election. He’ll be the first new mayor in Bethlehem in a decade. He is the subject of this week’s Q&A.